Nonprofit Helps Veterans With PTSD, Addiction Using One-of-a-Kind Program

A new program is helping veterans struggling with substance abuse find renewed hope.

"This is something I still battle. This is not gone, it's not going away. Places like this they help me” Dan, a Marine veteran, said.

It wasn't long ago that Dan was homeless on the streets of Worcester. After being honorably discharged, he struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. Something he ascribes to his diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.

"You lose kind of self-control, self-esteem. I lost, self-pride, all this stuff went down the drain." Dan said. "You get out and it stays with you."

He’s now in recovery at this treatment center in Shrewsbury, run by the nonprofit Veterans Inc.

"Without places like this, I don't know where I'd be. I'd either be dead or in jail. There's no doubt about that," said Dan.